Trump proposes more cuts to National Park Service

[kan...@aol.com]

https://www.npca.org/articles/11371-president-s-budget-proposal-slashes-national-park-service-funding-amid

Much more important to have a "Trump" battleship. The Park Service can be run fully for about 2 billion or less per year. Cuts of several hundred million have already been made, with another 10% or more in the offing. 

Talk about "the common good", huh? National parts had over 300 million visits last year. That amounts to every US citizen on average visiting a park. These parks are a treasured resource unique in the world. They attract visitors from dozens of other countries. They've been around since the end of the Civil War, 1872 to be exact. It was a good idea then; it's a great idea now. 

Repeat as often as needed; Trump is a dangerous idiot. He is enacting the Project 2025 playbook while denying that he knows anything about it. Stupid, lying, immoral, always working to aggrandize himself regardless of the cost to others (us/US). 

[B Keg]

What is 2 billion divided by 300 million?

Just charge that per visitor and bingo Parks become self funded. 

Be nice, even when you don't want to!

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[kan...@aol.com]

Duh; they already charge for park access. And since many visitors are foreign, presto, we help with out trade deficit.

But Trump wants to make the NP's less great. What will that do to incentivize people to visit?

And while we're on the stupid train, why don't we do that for, say, roads, highways, etc. Who paid for the interstate highway system that you used lavishly for all those years? And yes, I know that trucks pay taxes that go toward highway maintenance. But we don't really think that it covers the cost of the damage caused by large semis. 

We could put toll roads everywhere on the highways. They're already here and there. Our own 69 Hwy in OP has a toll lane. Heck, the technology allows a license  plate reader to automatically bill drivers. Put them everywhere. But then there's that whole "common good" thing lurking. We all benefit from the highway system. It's how our food gets to our stores. Heck, it's how EVERYTHING gets to us. So I'm willing to pay the gas taxes. 

And of course there's that whole property tax thing that pays for schools. Me and my kids are WAY past school age. Why not charge those that actually use the schools?

You get the point (my assumption). We're in it together. What WTP choose to pay for is a constant debate. The National  Parks are a unique asset in America. It's an idea that has transcended party politics for150 years. But then along comes Trump. The money he purports to save would be covered by not building one Trump class battleship. The Park Service could be funded for years by the money wasted in trashing Iran. 

I'd rather up-fund the Park Service. I have my Senior access card; pays for access FOREVER. And I bet that if we put it to a VOTE, rather than have POTUS decide on his own, the P. S. would be up-funded easily. Also betting that the next POTUS will fix this. Hoping that Congress fixes it more permanently. 

[kan...@aol.com]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/03/trump-budget-dc-beautification/

And then there's this. You KNOW that if Trump wants to spend money "beautifying DC", the upgrades will have his name on them. And they'll have LOTS of gold gilt on them. 

Talk about NOT "common good" use of money. Upgrade the National Park system instead. Follow in the footsteps of Lincoln and others. Before Yellowstone became the first NP in 1872, Lincoln signed the Yosemite Preservation Act, setting it aside for protection. BTW, there had been plans to dam Yosemite Valley. Environmentalists have been around a long time, thank goodness. 

When white men first saw the sequoias, there we those who said, "Wow, great lumber source". And others who said, "Wow, biggest trees every; we need to save them". A few were cut down; thankfully they make crappy lumber. But now they're well protected. The world is better  off for that.